Geography

T/F there is a significant gap between China's coastal provinces and its inland area

false

T/F compared to a developing country, a relatively developed country is likely to have a lower telephones per capita

rich country to rich country

most foreign direct investment (FDI) is from

---

---Match these regions to the percent of the workforce engaged in agriculture.

Anglo-America

3%

Latin America

40%

Sub-Saharan Africa

71%

Western Europe

6%

true

T/F today's rich countries often achieved their wealth at the expense of other parts of the world

false

T/F the United States has led the way in securing strict standards on carbon dioxide emissions

false

T/F mexico and the United States are the world's two leading trading partners

false

T/F maquiladoras are labor-intensive factories owned by foreign corporations, but located just on the Canadian side of the border with the United States

true

T/F the common agricultural policy established by the European Union has protected inefficient farmers at great cost

heavy industry is declining in rich countries but growing in poor countries.

populations in poor countries are growing faster than in rich countries.

A significant shift in pollution from rich countries to poor countries is occurring because

no substantial agreement

The result of the Copenhagen summit on climate change was

promoted economic growth in Western Europe.

The European Union has

worker health/safety standard

international transfer of pension right

guarantee rights to migrant workers

mutual recognition of technical qualifications

In the area of social policy, specific European Union actions have to do with questions of

economic integration

NAFTA leads the European Union in all of the following, except

NAFTA

has had little net effects on the number of jobs in the US

public education

One of the most successful government interventions in improving people's lives in the modern world has been

false

T/F The United States has led the way in securing strict standards on carbon dioxide emissions.

false

T/F The United Nations was established following World War I.

true

T/F Kofi Annan has argued that gross violations of human rights are cause for international intervention in the offending country.

true

T/F Citizens of the European Union may travel and settle anywhere within the Community.

true

T/F Canada and the United States are the world's two leading trading partners.

true

T/F There may be difficulty integrating Mexico into NAFTA because the United States and Canada are much closer to each other culturally as well as economically than either of the two countries is to Mexico.

false

T/F Mexico has made strong efforts to control industrial pollution so that none will spill over into the United States along the border.

GDP

The value of total outputs of goods and services in a year in a country is its

primary

Compared to relatively developed countries, developing countries have a higher percentage of workers in which sector of the economy?

A) selling timber and minerals

B) destroying fisheries

C) mining soils

D) depleting aquifers

The loss of which of the following natural resources is not deducted as a cost of doing business when accounting for income from their sale?

most people must produce food for their own survival

The large percentage of population involved in agriculture in the African country of Chad indicates that

post-industrial

A society in which a majority of the workers are engaged in the tertiary sector is said to be a/an ________ society

adding value to raw materials

a key to national wealth is ___

technology and capital

The most rapidly increasing component of manufactured goods is

A) raw materials

B) inexpensive labor

C) hospitable regulatory environment

Which of the following advantages do poor countries offer to entrepreneurs wanting to build factories?

the gov't

In a communist political economy, natural resources and productive enterprises are owned by

state-directed capitalism

The system found in some Asian countries where the government does not own much outright, but it does plan and regulate the economy, is called

central regions

In the United States and Canada, which general region has been losing population?

exports plummeted

The result of China's policy of moving industry inland between 1949 and 1976 was

true

T/F GNI per capita is a more meaningful measure of development than gross national product.

true

T/F Because poor countries may be dependent on the export of just one or two raw materials, the welfare of their people rises and falls with world prices over which they have no control.

true

T/F Japan's economic success despite its lack of raw materials demonstrates that a place does not have to have its own raw materials in order to accumulate wealth.

true

T/F In the United States, hidden subsidies to the trucking industry enable truckers to capture much long-haul traffic which is actually best suited to railroads.